Think all bottles of ketchup are equal? I used to. Then I happened upon SIR KENSINGTON Classic Scooping Ketchup at Sur La Table. (image: Sir Kensington) Using vine-ripened pear tomato puree instead of tomato concentrate and swapping out high fructose […]

These felt fish were inspired by a wall-hanging I bought in China. An auspicious symbol, they’re a great craft idea for the upcoming Chinese New Year. I hand drew my pattern and have yet to digitize it (coming soon!) so […]

As you may already know, I’m a wee obsessed with Trader Joe’s refrigerated pizza dough. Most of the time I keep it pretty basic– a little sauce, mushrooms and cheese. But, every once in a while I like to change […]

If you haven’t already jumped on board the baker’s twine train, you should. Baker’s twine is great for a variety of purposes– wrapping gifts, crafting, scrapbooking…the list goes on and on. I love the variety of of colors from DIVINE TWINE. […]

For years, I’ve been keeping my cooking oil in a plastic squeeze bottle. Before that it was a repurposed glass bottle but the oil often dribbled down the side. The squeeze bottle– designed for dressings–worked well but for those of […]

When my friend, F., sent these to me my response was only two words: Um…AWESOME. If I need go on an explain why, you just don’t get the awesomeness. Molded from rugged, food-safe ABS plastic. Each cookie cutter measures approx. […]

I finally decided to jump on the slow cooker wagon with this braised short rib recipe I found on Epicurious. I set my cooker on low and after about five hours the meat was still quite tough. I turned the […]